lábia
Portuguese, noun/ˈla.bjɐ/
lábia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cunning in convincing or persuading someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falas melífluas para embair, enganar alguém, ou captar agrado ou favores”.
What does lábia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecunning in convincing or persuading someone
- 2
feminineruse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falas melífluas para embair, enganar alguém, ou captar agrado ou favores 2. que possui verbosidade, loquacidade 3. astúcia, manha, esperteza 4. inseto ortóptero corredor
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lábia
- lábias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lábia?
- Brazil /ˈla.bjɐ/
- Portugal /ˈla.bjɐ/
- Portugal [ˈla.βjɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lábia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lábia in Portuguese?
lábia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).